Here a is a look back at the last 9 months:
1 day old:
1 month old:
2 months old:
3 months old:
4 months old:
5 months old:
6 months old:
7 months old:
8 months old:
And Finally Molly Today:
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Molly is 9 months old
Yesterday was Molly's 9 month birthday. We have been celebrating today by waking up with a stuffy running nose. Going to the doctor and getting a flu shot. Forcing Molly to eat spaghetti that she hated. Making Molly try drinking out of a sippy cup which she also hated. So far getting older means going to the doctor and having a hard day getting over shots. It makes me think that maybe her 1 year birthday should be a little more fun. I made sure not to schedule her doctors appointment on the 28th of march so she would have a HAPPY birthday for once.
Here a is a look back at the last 9 months:
1 day old:
1 month old:
2 months old:
3 months old:
4 months old:
5 months old:
6 months old:
7 months old:
8 months old:
And Finally Molly Today:
Here a is a look back at the last 9 months:
1 day old:
1 month old:
2 months old:
3 months old:
4 months old:
5 months old:
6 months old:
7 months old:
8 months old:
And Finally Molly Today:
Monday, December 27, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Fall Semester 2010
Fall Semester is finally at an end as of 12/16/10 18:55. Yay. Seeing as my (Fred's) last post was in August I thought I would update on the great events that have taken place this semester whilst I was a homework zombie (to quote Sara). Very few of the great events are school related.
Pheasant Hunt - I love to hunt little birdies like grouse and I used to hunt ducks but I'd never had a successful pheasant hunt. I went last year on public land with a guy in my ward and we saw one but I was too slow and he missed it too so we came back empty handed. This year a guy in my ward invited me to go on his land with his dogs. Let me tell you that is the way to hunt those creatures. The dogs would go crazy in the cattails and flush the pheasant out of there like they were flushing a toilet! I did get one (although I'm holding two). Best hunt I've had all year.
Ye Old Deer hunt - For some reason I did participate in this witch hunt. Me, the wife, Dad, and Frank searched in very egregious forms for a mythical creature. I expected to see a unicorn before an actual buck. We hiked mountains, ran through snow, froze our faces off on the four wheelers - everything short of rapelling - but never got one. We actually did see a male deer but he was very tiny. If he were a human I think we would call him a toddler. I could only tell he was a male if I looked through the 12x50 binoculars from a hundred yards away. I would probably have felt bad about shooting him. I'm still deciding whether I should pursue the creature next year.
Land Yacht - My senior design project was to build a wind-powered land vehicle - a land yacht. Please do not confuse this term with the wikipedia's definition of a landyacht. Our was basically a big 3 wheeler with a sail. Our front wheel came off a suzuki motorcycle from the 70's and the back tires are chevy cavalier donuts. It's a honey! We didn't get any good testing on it (yet) because the weather was extra calm after the great snowstorm of thanksgiving. Only this week has it started to pick up.
Christmas Tree - After two sad years of a fake christmas tree we finally got a real one! I'm so excited and love the pine smell when I come home. Molly has also been loving it too - tearing it down and eating the needles anyway (any ideas for keeping kids off the tree??). Plus there is a lot of room for loot underneath it.
6 hour final - Yes you read that correctly - a 6 hour final. For my controls class we have so much material and it's a long iterative process to get the parameters right that the professor let us take the test in the computer lab. Glad to be able to use the lab but 6 hours is a long time! My brain was more deep fried than year old okra (for those of you who've eaten okra).
Molly - Molly has learned how to clap, say da-da and crawl. I think she'll be walking pretty darn soon but we don't want to rush that. More details will come with our Christmas card so I don't want to spoil it for you. Too often I put stuff on the blog and have nothing to talk about when I see people in person.
Graduation - This is my last semester!!
Mars mission - For my dynamics of space flight class we created a mission plan of how to get to Mars. Very interesting project and it's been a lot of work but so much fun! I've probably put 40 hrs into it so far. If my initial flight plans were followed you would have smacked into mars 10 times over or miss the planet by 100 million miles (that's further than from the earth to the sun). Finally got it working today though!
Pheasant Hunt - I love to hunt little birdies like grouse and I used to hunt ducks but I'd never had a successful pheasant hunt. I went last year on public land with a guy in my ward and we saw one but I was too slow and he missed it too so we came back empty handed. This year a guy in my ward invited me to go on his land with his dogs. Let me tell you that is the way to hunt those creatures. The dogs would go crazy in the cattails and flush the pheasant out of there like they were flushing a toilet! I did get one (although I'm holding two). Best hunt I've had all year.
Ye Old Deer hunt - For some reason I did participate in this witch hunt. Me, the wife, Dad, and Frank searched in very egregious forms for a mythical creature. I expected to see a unicorn before an actual buck. We hiked mountains, ran through snow, froze our faces off on the four wheelers - everything short of rapelling - but never got one. We actually did see a male deer but he was very tiny. If he were a human I think we would call him a toddler. I could only tell he was a male if I looked through the 12x50 binoculars from a hundred yards away. I would probably have felt bad about shooting him. I'm still deciding whether I should pursue the creature next year.
Land Yacht - My senior design project was to build a wind-powered land vehicle - a land yacht. Please do not confuse this term with the wikipedia's definition of a landyacht. Our was basically a big 3 wheeler with a sail. Our front wheel came off a suzuki motorcycle from the 70's and the back tires are chevy cavalier donuts. It's a honey! We didn't get any good testing on it (yet) because the weather was extra calm after the great snowstorm of thanksgiving. Only this week has it started to pick up.
Christmas Tree - After two sad years of a fake christmas tree we finally got a real one! I'm so excited and love the pine smell when I come home. Molly has also been loving it too - tearing it down and eating the needles anyway (any ideas for keeping kids off the tree??). Plus there is a lot of room for loot underneath it.
6 hour final - Yes you read that correctly - a 6 hour final. For my controls class we have so much material and it's a long iterative process to get the parameters right that the professor let us take the test in the computer lab. Glad to be able to use the lab but 6 hours is a long time! My brain was more deep fried than year old okra (for those of you who've eaten okra).
Molly - Molly has learned how to clap, say da-da and crawl. I think she'll be walking pretty darn soon but we don't want to rush that. More details will come with our Christmas card so I don't want to spoil it for you. Too often I put stuff on the blog and have nothing to talk about when I see people in person.
Graduation - This is my last semester!!
Mars mission - For my dynamics of space flight class we created a mission plan of how to get to Mars. Very interesting project and it's been a lot of work but so much fun! I've probably put 40 hrs into it so far. If my initial flight plans were followed you would have smacked into mars 10 times over or miss the planet by 100 million miles (that's further than from the earth to the sun). Finally got it working today though!
Monday, November 22, 2010
Picture Update
Well we have lots of updates and pictures. I thought I would just put up the pictures to update.
Molly has been loving our entertainment system. She loves to crawl inside and just sit there. I think its funny how she will push all her toys aside just to get in there and play with the walls.
Its become her own little condo.
Molly is holding her own bottle now which is great. She is also finally big enough to fit into the stroller we bought last christmas. This is her enjoying a little lunch in the stroller while we ate sandwichs at the park. It was also the first time we all sat and ate a meal together.
I took Molly out in the snow for the first time today. She went through many emotions sitting there.
First confusion, then uncertainty, warming up to contentment, then happiness, quickly followed by dislike, then ending with hatred.
All this happened in the space of 5 mins. This picture was taken in the contentment stage.
Here is a couple of random pics to end. This one I took because I love how cute she is in that suit.
Here is the last one. I dont think I notice enough but Molly is generally a mellow kid. Really her biggest problem that will always get her crying is be left alone. I can deal with that.
Molly has been loving our entertainment system. She loves to crawl inside and just sit there. I think its funny how she will push all her toys aside just to get in there and play with the walls.
Its become her own little condo.
Molly is holding her own bottle now which is great. She is also finally big enough to fit into the stroller we bought last christmas. This is her enjoying a little lunch in the stroller while we ate sandwichs at the park. It was also the first time we all sat and ate a meal together.
I took Molly out in the snow for the first time today. She went through many emotions sitting there.
First confusion, then uncertainty, warming up to contentment, then happiness, quickly followed by dislike, then ending with hatred.
All this happened in the space of 5 mins. This picture was taken in the contentment stage.
Here is a couple of random pics to end. This one I took because I love how cute she is in that suit.
Here is the last one. I dont think I notice enough but Molly is generally a mellow kid. Really her biggest problem that will always get her crying is be left alone. I can deal with that.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
The Joys of Parenting
Molly is crawling now and spends much of her time on the carpet. Its an interesting feeling to be so proud that your baby is learning new things but also so frustrated that your baby is learning bad things.
Example 1: Molly is learning to feed herself which makes me so proud. BUT she is learning by picking up gross things off the floor and choking on them. Gross!
Example 2: Molly is learning how to hold her own bottle which is so awesome. BUT she is also learning how to throw her bottle and wave it around her face so milk gets everwhere. Not fun.
Example 3: Molly is starting to laugh more. BUT when she is really happy she will scream at the top of her lungs. So you can try to make her laugh but make sure its not too funny or it will hurt your ears.
When I pictured motherhood I never did picture myself having to pick my childs boggers and search my baby's mouth with my finger to find nasty leaves, hairs, crumbs etc. But its all part of the job right? There is definitely a reason why children come out cute and learn to smile really fast.
Here's a video of Molly trying to walk along the couch. I think she is going to be a born boot-scoot-and-boogie-er because she keeps doing the grapevine.
Example 1: Molly is learning to feed herself which makes me so proud. BUT she is learning by picking up gross things off the floor and choking on them. Gross!
Example 2: Molly is learning how to hold her own bottle which is so awesome. BUT she is also learning how to throw her bottle and wave it around her face so milk gets everwhere. Not fun.
Example 3: Molly is starting to laugh more. BUT when she is really happy she will scream at the top of her lungs. So you can try to make her laugh but make sure its not too funny or it will hurt your ears.
When I pictured motherhood I never did picture myself having to pick my childs boggers and search my baby's mouth with my finger to find nasty leaves, hairs, crumbs etc. But its all part of the job right? There is definitely a reason why children come out cute and learn to smile really fast.
Here's a video of Molly trying to walk along the couch. I think she is going to be a born boot-scoot-and-boogie-er because she keeps doing the grapevine.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Deer Hunt 2010
So here are some photos from the deer hunt. The hunt was changed from a 5 day hunt to a 3 day hunt which was a bummer. Everyone still had a fun time on the four wheelers. It started to snow on saturday and continued til monday which made the mountains beautiful but the hunt was freezing.
Here is a fun "where's waldo" pic. Can you find keith in the sink hole?
If not here is a closer look at the sink hole with Keith in it.
Here is another picture of the guys falling in into the sink hole.
Here is a picture of Frank to show just how cold and snowy the hunt was.
A few deer were chased but no deer was caught. The lillywhite tradition lived on for another year.
And to end the post here is a pic of Molly. We grew this pumpkin for Molly and it turned out to be the same size as Molly's head.
Here is a fun "where's waldo" pic. Can you find keith in the sink hole?
If not here is a closer look at the sink hole with Keith in it.
Here is another picture of the guys falling in into the sink hole.
Here is a picture of Frank to show just how cold and snowy the hunt was.
A few deer were chased but no deer was caught. The lillywhite tradition lived on for another year.
And to end the post here is a pic of Molly. We grew this pumpkin for Molly and it turned out to be the same size as Molly's head.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Interesting Things
So its been a while for updates but I thought I would post about the exciting things happening in our lives. Fred is plugging away at school and is starting to apply for real jobs, it’s so exciting. Everyone asks where we think we will end up and right now it’s a total mystery. Every job we look at is in a completely different state. It reminds me of a game me and my siblings used to play where we would spin a global and where ever our finger landed was the place we were going to live when we grew up. But I think we can narrow down the possibilities and say we are not looking for engineering positions in Greenland, Iceland is still on the table but Greenland is completely out.
Molly is 6 months and is the poster child for average growth. She is exactly 50th percentile for height, weight, and head measurements. She is eating jarred baby food now three times a day and the adjustment to her digestive system is catastrophic. I think there is a definite need for a warning label on baby food jars.
WARNING: Giving your child this type of food on a regular basis will cause a huge increase in poo production. Please plan diapers and wipes accordingly.
Well here is a pic to complete the post and hopefully I will be able to post some movies in the near future.
Molly is 6 months and is the poster child for average growth. She is exactly 50th percentile for height, weight, and head measurements. She is eating jarred baby food now three times a day and the adjustment to her digestive system is catastrophic. I think there is a definite need for a warning label on baby food jars.
WARNING: Giving your child this type of food on a regular basis will cause a huge increase in poo production. Please plan diapers and wipes accordingly.
Well here is a pic to complete the post and hopefully I will be able to post some movies in the near future.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
wiggly
We have been having fun with our little molly and all she is learning. She is now awesome at sitting up. 
She is now definitely in a wiggle stage, I have been reading some parenting articles that says kids her age are really into texture and feeling things with their hands. Well Molly loves to scratch at everything: walls, carpet, toys, peoples faces etc. Such an interesting kid. Molly also got her first tooth. Which is exciting and very sharp, she really digs being able to bite down on things. She has also developed a love for blowing bubbles through her mouth and this bizarre huffing thing that she does at random times. We found this honey of a snow suit at the DI and loved it. 
She is now definitely in a wiggle stage, I have been reading some parenting articles that says kids her age are really into texture and feeling things with their hands. Well Molly loves to scratch at everything: walls, carpet, toys, peoples faces etc. Such an interesting kid. Molly also got her first tooth. Which is exciting and very sharp, she really digs being able to bite down on things. She has also developed a love for blowing bubbles through her mouth and this bizarre huffing thing that she does at random times. We found this honey of a snow suit at the DI and loved it. 
Friday, September 3, 2010
Good Golly Miss Molly
EVER HAVE A DAY LIKE THIS!
Some days you just have to laugh to keep your sanity.
Some days you just have to laugh to keep your sanity.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
mmm.... tasty paper
Molly has learned how to suck on things and loves to do it all the time. By the end of church my tie, shoulder, and knees are usually soaked with slobber, drenched in barf, or just plain nasty! By the way, I get slobber on my knees from when I hold her face down and pat her on the back. Anyway, she was working on my tie today when she got distracted by the green rectangular subject of interest that Sara was holding (also known as an LDS hymnal). Molly then threw down my tie and turned to the hymnal with great anticipation. She reached for it many many times and started drooling over it like applesauce! Needless to say I was somewhat confused as we have never fed her paper... or hymnals... or anything of the sort although the events of today may change our future plans. We managed to persuade her to fast from the hymnal for the day. I just hope that she doesn't start craving books and paper instead of formula and applesauce!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Is That Rice Cereal?
So I am (Sara) starting to get a little obsessed with updatingthe blog. Its just so fun to show off pictures and have a place to update everyone on the little happenings of our lives.
So here are a few of the updates:
1. Molly has started eating rice cereal and she is already a pro. Its so fun to feed her but she really does best when Fred is feeding her because he always makes the best faces and she just laughs and laughs as well as eats and eats. This pic is right after she took a big bite of food and then had a really big sneeze.
2. We are starting to get the hang of camping and every time we go we learn something new which usually involved us purchasing something new. Example: this last camping trip we realized that we needed a heater so Molly and Mom wouldn't be so cold at night (mostly MOM).
Here are a couple fun pics from our last adventure.
LOVE LOVE LOVE those cubby cheeks!
This is our way of calming Molly down when she is fussy for no reason and believe it or not it works like a charm.
Everyone always tells me that Molly looks so much like Fred and this picture is just more proof of that statement.
And here at the end of the post is a cute pic of Molly is my favorite dress.
So here are a few of the updates:
1. Molly has started eating rice cereal and she is already a pro. Its so fun to feed her but she really does best when Fred is feeding her because he always makes the best faces and she just laughs and laughs as well as eats and eats. This pic is right after she took a big bite of food and then had a really big sneeze.
2. We are starting to get the hang of camping and every time we go we learn something new which usually involved us purchasing something new. Example: this last camping trip we realized that we needed a heater so Molly and Mom wouldn't be so cold at night (mostly MOM).
Here are a couple fun pics from our last adventure.
LOVE LOVE LOVE those cubby cheeks!
This is our way of calming Molly down when she is fussy for no reason and believe it or not it works like a charm.
Everyone always tells me that Molly looks so much like Fred and this picture is just more proof of that statement.
And here at the end of the post is a cute pic of Molly is my favorite dress.
Monday, August 9, 2010
Summer fun
So summer is starting to slow down and school is approaching, me and Fred have been sending lots of our time outside soaking up every last minute of it. We went to my family's cabin this weekend and had a blast. Its still has one of the most beautiful views I have ever seen:
Fred is also getting pretty excited about our sunflower. Its over 9 feet now and still growing!
We also put up Molly's crib for the first time on saturday. Before we were using a bassinet and decided she was old enough for the beautiful crib we bought when I was 7 mos pregnant. We were really excited to see it put together finally.
Its a little big right now for Molly but she does enjoy having room to spread out.
And of course it wouldn't be a complete post by Sara if I didnt add the latest cute pic of Molly:
Fred is also getting pretty excited about our sunflower. Its over 9 feet now and still growing!
We also put up Molly's crib for the first time on saturday. Before we were using a bassinet and decided she was old enough for the beautiful crib we bought when I was 7 mos pregnant. We were really excited to see it put together finally.
Its a little big right now for Molly but she does enjoy having room to spread out.
And of course it wouldn't be a complete post by Sara if I didnt add the latest cute pic of Molly:
Thursday, July 29, 2010
4 Months
Molly is 4 months old now! So I thought I would post some pictures and some stats:
Weight: 45th percentile
Height: 60th percentile
Head Measurement: 80th percentile (That just means she is smart right?)
She loves to roll onto her tummy but can't figure her out how to roll back. I try to encourage her to roll back but usually she just cries til I move her with my foot (yes I do get lazy after awhile).
I usually don't see how small she is until she stands.
This is my favorite pic of me and Molly so far because of the look on her face. Molly may only be 4 months old but she already knows when mom had taken too many pictures and she is done smiling.
I saved the best for last. This is Molly's famous smile, when you see this one you know you have done something right and or funny.
Weight: 45th percentile
Height: 60th percentile
Head Measurement: 80th percentile (That just means she is smart right?)
She loves to roll onto her tummy but can't figure her out how to roll back. I try to encourage her to roll back but usually she just cries til I move her with my foot (yes I do get lazy after awhile).
I usually don't see how small she is until she stands.
This is my favorite pic of me and Molly so far because of the look on her face. Molly may only be 4 months old but she already knows when mom had taken too many pictures and she is done smiling.
I saved the best for last. This is Molly's famous smile, when you see this one you know you have done something right and or funny.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Fish Tales and Ponytails
Hey this is Sara updating the blog with our newest adventures. Me and fred went fishing up at Laketown where I caught the biggest, ugliest fish of my life.
This is the pic: the fish is a Carp and the weight was 4 pounds even.
This is the pic: the fish is a Carp and the weight was 4 pounds even.
The pond we went to is Freds absolute favorite place to fish - Willis's Pond. And here is the pic of his trophy fish.
Fish Type: Carp
Weight: 1/3 pound
I am also getting very excited because of Mollys hair. She doesnt have a ton yet but it sure is getting long. Today I was actually able to put her in her first ponytail.
She is also thrilled about it. ;)
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Molly Squealing
It's been fun watching Molly learn new things and see her personality develop. She is pretty mild mannered and doesn't get fussy much during the day. (The hour preceding bed time can be a whole different story.) We went to Kaysville for the 4th and Molly got to see her first parade. I'm pretty sure she got socked by the candy throwers a couple times but it didn't phase her. Sara also made this dress for her so she would match her cousin Savanna. In the parade there was this awesome dude that had converted his easy chair into a zippin' machine! Once we got over the shock of a cruising lazy boy we realized it was really awesome! Fred was lovin the parade because the missionary mall float was throwing out ties and I got one! So cool. Now I don't need to get a tie for 2 more years!
She was calm for the fireworks and was mesmorized by them. Tried to get a picture but it's hard at arms length - plus having to adjust to a high intensity flash while smiling is somewhat difficult.
Yesterday and today we went camping at Franklin Basin up Logan Canyon. We went with our friends Frank and Tawnia. We were pretty close to the road so it was really dusty but I think my favorite line of the whole night was when Frank said "The good thing about getting all dusty is you feel like you have a nice brown tan when you're done!". Truer words were never spoken. We had a blast and got to use the new dutch oven we bought at cal ranch. Getting that dutch oven was fun too! We didn't know where to get one so we went to Sports Authority. They had tents and sleeping bags but no dutch ovens. We talked to this one guy about camping in general and he pretty much determined that our method of camping was not actually camping but was in fact "caramping". Definition: When you camp a short distance away from your car. This was opposed to his version of camping which sounded much more strenuous. He would hike with a backpack for like 10 hours then camp at night then get up and do it all over again. I think the term is backamping. I've been since wondering who can officially lay claim to the term "camping". When we went there were tons of people who were caramping. And I don't think there are an equivalent number or backampers in the valley to compete with it. On the other hand, the sheer fact that backampers hike for 10 hours may qualify their species to lay claim to the term. I finally decided that the carampers could have the term camping because I am biased to that version and because caramping sounds like something that requires a doctor's attention. Case in Point when someone asks what I'm doing this weekend and I tell them "We're going caramping" I would expect them to say "Oh, are you going to get that looked at?". I don't expect that response if I said I was going backamping. It still sounds better than RVamping anyway.
On this camping trip Molly learned how to use her vocal cords. In the past her scream, cry, and yell has all had one monotone sound. Yesterday she started doing this squeal. I don't know where she learned it or what it is or anything about it's origins. It's pretty entertaining though.
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